AmeriCorps
National volunteer program
AmeriCorps is a U.S. federal program that engages adults in community service work in exchange for living stipends and education awards.
Participants serve with nonprofits, schools, and public agencies on projects addressing education, disaster relief, environmental conservation, and public health.
She did a year of AmeriCorps before graduate school.
The program, established in 1993, functions as a domestic equivalent to the Peace Corps.
Unpaid community assistance
- civicPertaining to community affairs
- national serviceMandatory government service obligation
- stipendFixed regular payment
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
fellowship · domestic · federal · mentorship · outreach · engagement · living allowance · term of service
Residential area nearby
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- residentsPeople living somewhere
- localOf this area
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
partnership · collaboration · outreach · collective · solidarity · network · coalition · stakeholders
Ability to read, write
- tutoringIndividual academic guidance
- teachingProfession of instructing others
- studentsThose receiving instruction
- classroomEducational instruction space
schools · afterschool · mentoring · reading · math · GED · college access · early childhood
Nonprofit tax classification
- grantsAwarded funds for purposes
- fundraisingSoliciting money for organizations
- philanthropyGenerous giving for others
- donationsGifts to organizations
sustainability · impact · advocacy · social good · NGO · charitable · indirect costs
Nonprofit housing construction organization
- granteeReceiver of awarded funds
- sponsorFunder of activities
- program directorOversees media content scheduling
volunteerism
Unpaid community assistance
- civicPertaining to community affairs
- national serviceMandatory government service obligation
- stipendFixed regular payment
commitment · fellowship · domestic · federal · mentorship · outreach · engagement · living allowance · term of service · placement
neighborhood
Residential area nearby
- grassrootsCommon people as political base
- residentsPeople living somewhere
- localOf this area
engagement · partnership · collaboration · outreach · collective · solidarity · network · coalition · stakeholders · underserved
literacy
Ability to read, write
- tutoringIndividual academic guidance
- teachingProfession of instructing others
- studentsThose receiving instruction
classroom · schools · afterschool · mentoring · reading · math · GED · college access · early childhood · Title I
501(c)(3)
Nonprofit tax classification
- grantsAwarded funds for purposes
- fundraisingSoliciting money for organizations
- philanthropyGenerous giving for others
donations · sustainability · impact · advocacy · social good · NGO · charitable · indirect costs
Habitat for Humanity
Nonprofit housing construction organization
- granteeReceiver of awarded funds
- sponsorFunder of activities
- program directorOversees media content scheduling
- community servicefood pantry, soup kitchen, homeless shelter, volunteer work, volunteer program
- federal servicesSocial Security, Medicare, IRS, USPS, postal service
- Volunteeringvolunteer, volunteering, volunteer hours, unpaid work, volunteer coordinators
- 1990sMonica Lewinsky, impeachment, NAFTA, Whitewater, Oklahoma City bombing
- federal agenciesFBI, CIA, EPA, IRS, CDC
- Federal ProgramsSocial Security, Medicare, Medicaid, food stamps, SNAP
AmeriCorpsmilitary service
Duty in armed forces
armed forces · U.S. Army · military enlistment · conscription · ROTC
corps, America, American, Americans, Americana, Americanize, Americanized, Americanizing, Americanism